Hamish MacLean

New rules for rural landowners to meet water quality standards may have been pushed out to 2026 — but the Otago Regional Council will not reveal its decision until February 8.

The investigation into work at Wellers Rock Jetty has found a consent was not required.

Limiting interim consents replacing "overly permissive" 100-year-old mining water rights to seven years "doesn’t go far enough" to protect the environment.

The Otago Regional Council is opposing ‘‘extraordinary powers’’ proposed for a new Crown agency to establish housing and urban development projects throughout New Zealand.

Community consultation must begin soon for the Otago Regional Council’s ‘‘not-fit-for-purpose’’ regional policy statement if it is to meet Minister for the Environment David Parker’s deadlines.

An investigation is under way after conservationists raised concerns about unconsented work at Wellers Rock Jetty, in Otago Harbour, yesterday.

Increased funding could be on the way for Otago’s "people on the ground" working on water-quality monitoring, native plant protection, wetland restoration and other community-driven environmental...

Nearly $12 million in capital spending has been shaved off Dunedin’s draft budget as the Dunedin City Council faces a proposed 6.5% increase in the rates take.

The search for Vinnie Beecroft ended yesterday when his body was found near where he went missing nearly three days earlier.

Landowners at a troubled Otago waterway could ultimately see "boots on the ground" after Otago regional councillors decided not to let another scientific report "sit on a desk and gather dust".

Limiting interim consents replacing 100-year-old mining water rights to just seven years will stifle development of agribusiness in the region and have "significant repercussions" for the economy,...

A pager goes off and suddenly St John emergency medical technician Sandra Wilson’s day has changed.

If Baldwin St reclaims its title as the world’s steepest street, new rules for residents-only traffic could be revisited.

Unusual visitors could start turning up on coastal Otago beaches.

A photograph of a strange-looking bird in a Dunedin backyard is causing a flutter in birding circles.

A 24-apartment aged-care home is planned in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn, on the site of the now demolished New World building.